Method and apparatus for receiving OSI block in a wireless communication system

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method for receiving an on-demand system information (OSI) block by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a network, an on-demand system information (OSI) configuration including information on mapping between the OSI block and information on a system information request (SIR) preamble; determining an OSI block of interest; selecting an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSI configuration; transmitting the selected SIR preamble to a serving cell so as to request the determined OSI block of interest; and receiving the requested OSI block of interest.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/064,634, filed on Oct. 5, 2018, now allowed, which is a NationalStage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No.PCT/KR2017/004674, filed on May 2, 2017, which claims the benefit ofU.S. Provisional Application No. 62/331,448, filed on May 4, 2016. Thedisclosures of the prior applications are incorporated by reference intheir entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, andmore particularly, to a method for a user equipment (UE) to receiveon-demand system information (OSI) block and an apparatus supporting thesame.

Related Art

In order to meet the demand for wireless data traffic soaring since the4th generation (4G) communication system came to the market, there areongoing efforts to develop enhanced 5th generation (5G) communicationsystems or pre-5G communication systems. For the reasons, the 5Gcommunication system or pre-5G communication system is called the beyond4G network communication system or post long-term evolution (LTE)system.

In order to achieve the high data rates, 5G communication system may beimplemented in very high frequency (mmWave) range (e.g., 60 gigabytes(60 GHz), such as a band) is being considered. In order to increase thepath transfer distance loss mitigation and radio wave propagation in thevery high frequency band, 5G communication system, beam forming(beamforming), giant array multiple-input multiple-output (massiveMIMO), I-D multiple-input multiple-output (Full Dimensional MIMO:FD-MIMO), comprising: an array antenna (antenna array), an analog beamforming (analog beam-forming), and the large antenna (large scaleantenna) techniques are discussed.

In addition to the network to improve the system, 5G communicationsystem, the evolved small cells, improved small cell (advanced smallcell), cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network: cloudRAN), high density network (ultra-dense network), device communications(device to device communication: D2D), wireless backhaul (wirelessbackhaul), mobile network (moving network), cooperative communication(cooperative communication), CoMP (Coordinated Multi-Points), andreceiving an interference cancellation (interference cancellation)development of technologies such as this have been made.

In addition, 5G system, advanced coding and modulation (Advanced CodingModulation: ACM) approach is FQAM (Hybrid FSK and QAM Modulation) andSWSC (Sliding Window Superposition Coding), and advanced accesstechnologies FBMC (Filter Bank Multi Carrier), NOMA have been developed,such as (non orthogonal multiple access), and SCMA (sparse code multipleaccess).

System information refers to essential information for communicationbetween a terminal and a base station. In 3GPP LTE, the systeminformation is divided into an MIB (Master Information Block) and an SIB(System Information Block). The MIB is the most essential information.The SIB is subdivided into SIB-x forms according to its importance orcycle. The MIB is transmitted through a PBCH (Physical BroadcastChannel) which is a physical channel. The SIB is common controlinformation and is transmitted through a PDCCH differently from the MIB.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Meanwhile, the number of system information blocks is continuouslyincreasing, and radio resources are required to broadcast a systeminformation block. Thus, as the number of system information blocksincreases, the quantity of radio resources required to broadcast asystem information block also inevitably increases. To transmitcontinuously increasing system information to a user equipment (UE), itis necessary to propose a method for acquiring system information thatefficiently utilizes radio resources.

According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for receiving, bya UE, an on-demand system information (OSI) block in a wirelesscommunication system. The method may include: receiving, from a network,an OSI configuration including information on mapping betweeninformation on a system information request (SIR) preamble and an OSIblock; determining an OSI block of interest; selecting an SIR preamblecorresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSIconfiguration; requesting the determined OSI block of interest bytransmitting the selected SIR preamble to a serving cell; and receivingthe requested OSI block of interest.

The information on the SIR preamble may be a pattern of the SIRpreamble.

The information on the SIR preamble may be an identifier (ID) of the SIRpreamble.

The information on the SIR preamble may be an index of the SIR preamble.

The information on the SIR preamble may be a resource for the SIRpreamble.

Different SIR preambles may be mapped to different OSI blocks. One SIRpreamble may be mapped to a plurality of OSI blocks.

When the UE is interested in receiving a particular OSI block, theparticular OSI block is not broadcast by the serving cell of the UE, andthe UE does not have the particular OSI block that is valid, theparticular OSI block may be determined as the OSI block of interest.

The method may further include requesting the OSI block of interestagain by transmitting the selected SIR preamble to the serving cell whenthe OSI block of interest is not received within an OSI window.

The method may further include considering that obtaining systeminformation fails when the OSI block of interest is not received withinan OSI window and the number of times the SIR preamble is transmitted tothe serving cell reaches the maximum number of SIR preambletransmissions. The serving cell may be considered by the UE as a barredcell.

The OSI configuration may further include at least one of a set ofresources for transmitting the SIR preamble, a power-ramping factor fortransmitting the SIR preamble, or a maximum transmission value for theSIR preamble.

The selected SIR preamble may be transmitted to the serving cell onlyduring an SIR occasion.

The selected SIR preamble may be transmitted to the serving cell onlywhen the OSI block of interest is not broadcast.

The OSI configuration may be broadcast through a network slice instance(NSI).

According to another embodiment, there is provided a UE for receiving anOSI block in a wireless communication system. The UE may include: amemory; a transceiver; and a processor to connect the memory and thetransceiver, wherein the processor may be configured to: control thetransceiver to receive, from a network, an OSI configuration includinginformation on mapping between information on an SIR preamble and an OSIblock; determine an OSI block of interest; select an SIR preamblecorresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSIconfiguration; control the transceiver to request the determined OSIblock of interest by transmitting the selected SIR preamble to a servingcell; and control the transceiver to receive the requested OSI block ofinterest.

A UE can selectively receive OSI of interest.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows LTE system architecture.

FIG. 2 shows a control plane of a radio interface protocol of an LTEsystem.

FIG. 3 shows a user plane of a radio interface protocol of an LTEsystem.

FIG. 4 shows an example of transmitting a master information block(MIB), system information block1 (SIB1), and other SIBs.

FIG. 5 shows an update of system information.

FIG. 6 illustrates a contention-based random access procedure.

FIG. 7 illustrates a non-contention random access procedure.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a method for a UE to receive anon-demand system information (OSI) block according to an embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication systemaccording to the embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

The technology described below can be used in various wirelesscommunication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA),frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access(TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), etc. The CDMA canbe implemented with a radio technology such as universal terrestrialradio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA can be implemented with aradio technology such as global system for mobile communications(GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSMevolution (EDGE). The OFDMA can be implemented with a radio technologysuch as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11(Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), etc.IEEE 802.16m is evolved from IEEE 802.16e, and provides backwardcompatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is apart of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rdgeneration partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is apart of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses theOFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced(LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE. 5G is an evolution of the LTE-A.

For clarity, the following description will focus on LTE-A/5G. However,technical features of the present invention are not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 shows LTE system architecture. The communication network iswidely deployed to provide a variety of communication services such asvoice over internet protocol (VoIP) through IMS and packet data.

Referring to FIG. 1, the LTE system architecture includes one or moreuser equipment (UE; 10), an evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio accessnetwork (E-UTRAN) and an evolved packet core (EPC). The UE 10 refers toa communication equipment carried by a user. The UE 10 may be fixed ormobile, and may be referred to as another terminology, such as a mobilestation (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), awireless device, etc.

The E-UTRAN includes one or more evolved node-B (eNB) 20, and aplurality of UEs may be located in one cell. The eNB 20 provides an endpoint of a control plane and a user plane to the UE 10. The eNB 20 isgenerally a fixed station that communicates with the UE 10 and may bereferred to as another terminology, such as a base station (BS), a basetransceiver system (BTS), an access point, etc. One eNB 20 may bedeployed per cell. There are one or more cells within the coverage ofthe eNB 20. A single cell is configured to have one of bandwidthsselected from 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 MHz, etc., and provides downlinkor uplink transmission services to several UEs. In this case, differentcells can be configured to provide different bandwidths.

Hereinafter, a downlink (DL) denotes communication from the eNB 20 tothe UE 10, and an uplink (UL) denotes communication from the UE 10 tothe eNB 20. In the DL, a transmitter may be a part of the eNB 20, and areceiver may be a part of the UE 10. In the UL, the transmitter may be apart of the UE 10, and the receiver may be a part of the eNB 20.

The EPC includes a mobility management entity (MME) which is in chargeof control plane functions, and a system architecture evolution (SAE)gateway (S-GW) which is in charge of user plane functions. The MME/S-GW30 may be positioned at the end of the network and connected to anexternal network. The MME has UE access information or UE capabilityinformation, and such information may be primarily used in UE mobilitymanagement. The S-GW is a gateway of which an endpoint is an E-UTRAN.The MME/S-GW 30 provides an end point of a session and mobilitymanagement function for the UE 10. The EPC may further include a packetdata network (PDN) gateway (PDN-GW). The PDN-GW is a gateway of which anendpoint is a PDN.

The MME provides various functions including non-access stratum (NAS)signaling to eNBs 20, NAS signaling security, access stratum (AS)security control, Inter core network (CN) node signaling for mobilitybetween 3GPP access networks, idle mode UE reachability (includingcontrol and execution of paging retransmission), tracking area listmanagement (for UE in idle and active mode), P-GW and S-GW selection,MME selection for handovers with MME change, serving GPRS support node(SGSN) selection for handovers to 2G or 3G 3GPP access networks,roaming, authentication, bearer management functions including dedicatedbearer establishment, support for public warning system (PWS) (whichincludes earthquake and tsunami warning system (ETWS) and commercialmobile alert system (CMAS)) message transmission. The S-GW host providesassorted functions including per-user based packet filtering (by e.g.,deep packet inspection), lawful interception, UE Internet protocol (IP)address allocation, transport level packet marking in the DL, UL and DLservice level charging, gating and rate enforcement, DL rate enforcementbased on APN-AMBR. For clarity MME/S-GW 30 will be referred to hereinsimply as a “gateway,” but it is understood that this entity includesboth the MME and S-GW.

Interfaces for transmitting user traffic or control traffic may be used.The UE 10 and the eNB 20 are connected by means of a Uu interface. TheeNBs 20 are interconnected by means of an X2 interface. Neighboring eNBsmay have a meshed network structure that has the X2 interface. The eNBs20 are connected to the EPC by means of an S1 interface. The eNBs 20 areconnected to the MME by means of an S1-MME interface, and are connectedto the S-GW by means of S1-U interface. The S1 interface supports amany-to-many relation between the eNB 20 and the MME/S-GW.

The eNB 20 may perform functions of selection for gateway 30, routingtoward the gateway 30 during a radio resource control (RRC) activation,scheduling and transmitting of paging messages, scheduling andtransmitting of broadcast channel (BCH) information, dynamic allocationof resources to the UEs 10 in both UL and DL, configuration andprovisioning of eNB measurements, radio bearer control, radio admissioncontrol (RAC), and connection mobility control in LTE_ACTIVE state. Inthe EPC, and as noted above, gateway 30 may perform functions of pagingorigination, LTE_IDLE state management, ciphering of the user plane, SAEbearer control, and ciphering and integrity protection of NAS signaling.

FIG. 2 shows a control plane of a radio interface protocol of an LTEsystem. FIG. 3 shows a user plane of a radio interface protocol of anLTE system.

Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the E-UTRAN maybe classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a thirdlayer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open systeminterconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communicationsystem. The radio interface protocol between the UE and the E-UTRAN maybe horizontally divided into a physical layer, a data link layer, and anetwork layer, and may be vertically divided into a control plane(C-plane) which is a protocol stack for control signal transmission anda user plane (U-plane) which is a protocol stack for data informationtransmission. The layers of the radio interface protocol exist in pairsat the UE and the E-UTRAN, and are in charge of data transmission of theUu interface.

A physical (PHY) layer belongs to the L1. The PHY layer provides ahigher layer with an information transfer service through a physicalchannel. The PHY layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC)layer, which is a higher layer of the PHY layer, through a transportchannel. A physical channel is mapped to the transport channel. Data istransferred between the MAC layer and the PHY layer through thetransport channel. Between different PHY layers, i.e., a PHY layer of atransmitter and a PHY layer of a receiver, data is transferred throughthe physical channel using radio resources. The physical channel ismodulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.

The PHY layer uses several physical control channels. A physicaldownlink control channel (PDCCH) reports to a UE about resourceallocation of a paging channel (PCH) and a downlink shared channel(DL-SCH), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information relatedto the DL-SCH. The PDCCH may carry a UL grant for reporting to the UEabout resource allocation of UL transmission. A physical control formatindicator channel (PCFICH) reports the number of OFDM symbols used forPDCCHs to the UE, and is transmitted in every subframe. A physicalhybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) carries an HARQ acknowledgement(ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) signal in response to UL transmission.A physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) carries UL control informationsuch as HARQ ACK/NACK for DL transmission, scheduling request, and CQI.A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) carries a UL-uplink sharedchannel (SCH).

A physical channel consists of a plurality of subframes in time domainand a plurality of subcarriers in frequency domain. One subframeconsists of a plurality of symbols in the time domain. One subframeconsists of a plurality of resource blocks (RBs). One RB consists of aplurality of symbols and a plurality of subcarriers. In addition, eachsubframe may use specific subcarriers of specific symbols of acorresponding subframe for a PDCCH. For example, a first symbol of thesubframe may be used for the PDCCH. The PDCCH carries dynamic allocatedresources, such as a physical resource block (PRB) and modulation andcoding scheme (MCS). A transmission time interval (TTI) which is a unittime for data transmission may be equal to a length of one subframe. Thelength of one subframe may be 1 ms.

The transport channel is classified into a common transport channel anda dedicated transport channel according to whether the channel is sharedor not. A DL transport channel for transmitting data from the network tothe UE includes a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting systeminformation, a paging channel (PCH) for transmitting a paging message, aDL-SCH for transmitting user traffic or control signals, etc. The DL-SCHsupports HARQ, dynamic link adaptation by varying the modulation, codingand transmit power, and both dynamic and semi-static resourceallocation. The DL-SCH also may enable broadcast in the entire cell andthe use of beamforming. The system information carries one or moresystem information blocks. All system information blocks may betransmitted with the same periodicity. Traffic or control signals of amultimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) may be transmitted throughthe DL-SCH or a multicast channel (MCH).

A UL transport channel for transmitting data from the UE to the networkincludes a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initialcontrol message, a UL-SCH for transmitting user traffic or controlsignals, etc. The UL-SCH supports HARQ and dynamic link adaptation byvarying the transmit power and potentially modulation and coding. TheUL-SCH also may enable the use of beamforming. The RACH is normally usedfor initial access to a cell.

A MAC layer belongs to the L2. The MAC layer provides services to aradio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAClayer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function ofmapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. TheMAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing bymapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. A MACsublayer provides data transfer services on logical channels.

The logical channels are classified into control channels fortransferring control plane information and traffic channels fortransferring user plane information, according to a type of transmittedinformation. That is, a set of logical channel types is defined fordifferent data transfer services offered by the MAC layer. The logicalchannels are located above the transport channel, and are mapped to thetransport channels.

The control channels are used for transfer of control plane informationonly. The control channels provided by the MAC layer include a broadcastcontrol channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a commoncontrol channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH) and adedicated control channel (DCCH). The BCCH is a downlink channel forbroadcasting system control information. The PCCH is a downlink channelthat transfers paging information and is used when the network does notknow the location cell of a UE. The CCCH is used by UEs having no RRCconnection with the network. The MCCH is a point-to-multipoint downlinkchannel used for transmitting MBMS control information from the networkto a UE. The DCCH is a point-to-point bi-directional channel used by UEshaving an RRC connection that transmits dedicated control informationbetween a UE and the network.

Traffic channels are used for the transfer of user plane informationonly. The traffic channels provided by the MAC layer include a dedicatedtraffic channel (DTCH) and a multicast traffic channel (MTCH). The DTCHis a point-to-point channel, dedicated to one UE for the transfer ofuser information and can exist in both uplink and downlink. The MTCH isa point-to-multipoint downlink channel for transmitting traffic datafrom the network to the UE.

Uplink connections between logical channels and transport channelsinclude the DCCH that can be mapped to the UL-SCH, the DTCH that can bemapped to the UL-SCH and the CCCH that can be mapped to the UL-SCH.Downlink connections between logical channels and transport channelsinclude the BCCH that can be mapped to the BCH or DL-SCH, the PCCH thatcan be mapped to the PCH, the DCCH that can be mapped to the DL-SCH, andthe DTCH that can be mapped to the DL-SCH, the MCCH that can be mappedto the MCH, and the MTCH that can be mapped to the MCH.

An RLC layer belongs to the L2. The RLC layer provides a function ofadjusting a size of data, so as to be suitable for a lower layer totransmit the data, by concatenating and segmenting the data receivedfrom an upper layer in a radio section. In addition, to ensure a varietyof quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLClayer provides three operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), anunacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). The AM RLCprovides a retransmission function through an automatic repeat request(ARQ) for reliable data transmission. Meanwhile, a function of the RLClayer may be implemented with a functional block inside the MAC layer.In this case, the RLC layer may not exist.

A packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer belongs to the L2. ThePDCP layer provides a function of header compression function thatreduces unnecessary control information such that data being transmittedby employing IP packets, such as IPv4 or IPv6, can be efficientlytransmitted over a radio interface that has a relatively smallbandwidth. The header compression increases transmission efficiency inthe radio section by transmitting only necessary information in a headerof the data. In addition, the PDCP layer provides a function ofsecurity. The function of security includes ciphering which preventsinspection of third parties, and integrity protection which preventsdata manipulation of third parties.

A radio resource control (RRC) layer belongs to the L3. The RLC layer islocated at the lowest portion of the L3, and is only defined in thecontrol plane. The RRC layer takes a role of controlling a radioresource between the UE and the network. For this, the UE and thenetwork exchange an RRC message through the RRC layer. The RRC layercontrols logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels inrelation to the configuration, reconfiguration, and release of RBs. AnRB is a logical path provided by the L1 and L2 for data delivery betweenthe UE and the network. That is, the RB signifies a service provided theL2 for data transmission between the UE and E-UTRAN. The configurationof the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer andchannel properties to provide a particular service and for determiningrespective detailed parameters and operations. The RB is classified intotwo types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB isused as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. TheDRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.

A Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer placed over the RRC layer performsfunctions, such as session management and mobility management.

Referring to FIG. 2, the RLC and MAC layers (terminated in the eNB onthe network side) may perform functions such as scheduling, automaticrepeat request (ARQ), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). TheRRC layer (terminated in the eNB on the network side) may performfunctions such as broadcasting, paging, RRC connection management, RBcontrol, mobility functions, and UE measurement reporting andcontrolling. The NAS control protocol (terminated in the MME of gatewayon the network side) may perform functions such as a SAE bearermanagement, authentication, LTE_IDLE mobility handling, pagingorigination in LTE_IDLE, and security control for the signaling betweenthe gateway and UE.

Referring to FIG. 3, the RLC and MAC layers (terminated in the eNB onthe network side) may perform the same functions for the control plane.The PDCP layer (terminated in the eNB on the network side) may performthe user plane functions such as header compression, integrityprotection, and ciphering.

Hereinafter, system information will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an example of transmitting a master information block(MIB), system information block1 (SIB1), and other SIBs.

An LTE cell broadcasts basic parameters necessary for the operation ofan IDLE_MODE UE and a CONNECTED_MODE UE via a plurality of separateinformation blocks. Examples of information blocks include an MIB, SIB1,SIB2, and other SIBs (SIBn).

The MIB includes the most essential parameters needed for a UE to accessa cell. Referring to FIG. 4, an MIB message is broadcast through a BCHaccording to a periodicity of 40 ms, and MIB transmission is repeated inall radio frames within the periodicity of 40 ms. The UE receives an SIBmessage using the parameters received via the MIB.

There are different types of SIBs.

SIB1 includes pieces of information associated with cell access, andparticularly includes scheduling information on other SIBs (SIB2 toSIBn) than SIB1. SIBs having the same transmission periodicity among theSIBs other than SIB1 are transferred via the same system information(SI) message. Thus, scheduling information includes a mappingrelationship between each SIB and an SI message. An SI message istransmitted within an SI window in a time domain, and each SI message isassociated with one SI window. Since SI windows for different pieces ofSI do not overlap, only one SI message is transmitted within an SIwindow. Thus, scheduling information includes the duration of an SIwindow and an SI transmission periodicity. Time/frequency fortransmitting an SI message is determined by dynamic scheduling by a BS.SIB1 is broadcast through a downlink shared channel (DL SCH) accordingto a periodicity of eight radio frames (that is, 80-ms periodicity), andSIB1 is repeatedly retransmitted on a fifth subframe of an SFN-mod-2radio frame within the 80-ms periodicity.

SIB2 includes necessary information for a UE to access a cell. SIB2includes information on an uplink cell bandwidth, a random accessparameter, and an uplink power control parameter.

SIB3 includes cell reselection information. SIB4 includes frequencyinformation on a serving cell and intra-frequency information on aneighboring cell for cell reselection. SIB5 includes frequencyinformation on a different E-UTRA and inter-frequency information on aneighboring cell for cell reselection. SIB6 includes frequencyinformation on a UTRA and information on a UTRA neighboring cell forcell reselection. SIB7 includes frequency information on a GERAN forcell reselection. SIB8 includes information on a neighboring cell.

SIB9 includes a Home eNodeB (HeNB) identifier (ID). SIB10 to SIB12include a public warning message, for example, for earthquake warning.SIB14 is used to support enhanced access barring and controls UEs toaccess a cell. SIB15 includes information needed to receive an MBMS atcontiguous carrier frequencies. SIB16 include GPS time and coordinateduniversal time (UTC)-related information. SIB17 includes RAN auxiliaryinformation.

Not all SIBs are always required to be present. For example, SIB9 is notneeded in a mode where a wireless carrier establishes an HeNB, whileSIB13 is not needed if a cell provides no MBMS.

System information is commonly applied to all UEs accessing a cell, andUEs need to always maintain up-to-date system information to perform anappropriate operation. When system information is changed, UEs need toknow in advance the time the BS transmits new system information. Inorder that a BS and a UE mutually recognize a radio frame period fortransmitting new system information, the concept of BCCH modificationperiod is introduced in “3GPP TS 36.331 v9. 3.0,” which is described indetail.

FIG. 5 shows an update of system information.

Referring to FIG. 5, a BS, which intends to update system information inan (n+1)th modification period, notifies in advance UEs of an update ofsystem information in an nth modification period. A UE, which isnotified the update of the system information in the nth modificationperiod, receives and applies new system information at the verybeginning of the (n+1)th modification period. When an update of systeminformation is scheduled, the BS includes a system informationmodification indicator in a paging message. Generally, a paging messageis a message received by an idle-mode UE. However, since an update ofsystem information is notified through a paging message, aconnected-mode UE also needs to receive a paging message at times and toidentify an update of system information.

Hereinafter, random access will be described.

Random access is used by a UE to obtain uplink synchronization with a BSor to be allocated an uplink radio resource. After power is turned on, aUE obtains downlink synchronization with an initial cell and receivessystem information. Then, the UE acquires, from the system information,a set of available random access preambles and information about a radioresource used for transmission of a random access preamble. The radioresource used for transmission of the random access preamble may bespecified as a radio frame and/or a combination of at least one or moresubframes. The UE transmits a random access preamble randomly selectedfrom the set of random access preambles, and the BS having received therandom access preamble sends a timing alignment (TA) value for uplinksynchronization to the UE through a random access response. Thus, the UEobtains uplink synchronization.

That is, the BS allocates a dedicated random access preamble to aspecific UE, and the UE performs non-contention random access using therandom access preamble. That is, there may be in a process of selectinga random access preamble, contention-based random access in which a UErandomly selects and uses one random access preamble from a particularset and non-contention random access in which only a specific UE isallocated a random access preamble by a BS. Non-contention random accessmay be used for a handover procedure or upon a request by a BS'scommand.

FIG. 6 illustrates a contention-based random access procedure.

Referring to FIG. 6, a UE randomly selects one random access preamblefrom a random access preamble set indicated by system information or ahandover command. The UE selects a radio resource for transmitting therandom access preamble to transmit the selected random access preamble(S610). The radio resource may be a specific subframe, and selecting theradio resource may be selecting a physical random access channel(PRACH).

After transmitting the random access preamble, the UE attempts toreceive a random access response within a random access responsereception window indicated by the system information or the handovercommand and accordingly receives a random access response (S620). Therandom access response may be transmitted in an MAC PDU format, and theMAC PDU may be forwarded via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).Further, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is also forwardedso that the UE properly receives information forwarded via the PDSCH.That is, the PDCCH includes information on the UE receiving the PDSCH,frequency and time information on a radio resource for the PDSCH, and atransmission format for the PDSCH. Once successfully receiving the PDCCHforwarded to the UE, the UE properly receives the random access responsetransmitted via the PDSCH on the basis of the information in the PDCCH.

The random access response may include a random access preambleidentifier (ID), an uplink radio resource (UL grant), a temporarycell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and a time alignmentcommand (TAC). Since one random access response may include randomaccess response information for one or more UEs, a random accesspreamble ID may be included to indicate a UE for which a UL grant, atemporary C-RNTI, and a TAC are valid. The random access preamble ID maybe an ID of the random access preamble received by a BS. The TAC may beincluded as information for the UE to adjust uplink synchronization. Therandom access response may be indicated by a random access ID on thePDCCH, that is, a random access-radio network temporary identifier(RA-RNTI).

When the UE receives the random access response valid therefor, the UEprocesses information included in the random access response andperforms scheduled transmission to the BS (S630). That is, the UEapplies the TAC and stores the temporary C-RNTI. Further, the UEtransmits data stored in a buffer of the UE or newly generated data tothe BS using the UL grant. In this case, information to identify the UEneeds to be included, which is for identifying the UE in order to avoida collision since the BS does not determine which UEs perform randomaccess in a contention-based random access process.

There are two methods for including information for identifying a UE.When the UE has a valid cell ID already allocated by a correspondingcell before performing random access, the UE transmits the cell IDthereof through the UL grant. However, when the UE is not allocated avalid cell ID before the random access process, the UE transmits aunique ID thereof (e.g, S-TMSI or random ID). Generally, the unique IDis longer than the cell ID. When the UE transmits the data via the ULgrant, the UE starts a contention resolution timer.

After transmitting the data including the ID of the UE through the ULgrant allocated by receiving the random access response, the UE waitsfor an instruction from the BS to avoid a collision (S640). That is, theUE attempts to receive the PDCCH in order to receive a specific message.There are two proposed methods for receiving a PDCCH. As describedabove, when the ID of the UE transmitted via the UL grant is a cell ID,the UE may attempt to receive the PDCCH using the cell ID of the UE. Inthis case, when the UE receives the PDCCH through the cell ID of the UEbefore the contention resolution timer expires, the UE determines thatrandom access has been normally performed and terminates random access.When the ID transmitted via the UL grant is the unique ID, the UE mayattempt to receive the PDCCH using the temporary C-RNTI included in therandom access response. In this case, when the UE receives the PDCCHthrough the temporary cell ID before the contention resolution timerexpires, the UE identifies data forwarded by the PDSCH indicated by thePDCCH. When the data includes the unique ID of the UE, the UE maydetermine that random access has been normally performed and mayterminate random access.

FIG. 7 illustrates a non-contention random access procedure.

Unlike contention-based random access, non-contention random access maybe terminated when a UE receives a random access response.

Non-contention random access may be initiated by a request, such as ahandover and/or a command from a BS. Here, in these two cases,contention-based random access may also be performed.

The UE is allocated by the BS a designated random access preamble havingno possibility of a collision. The random access preamble may beallocated through a handover command and a PDCCH command (S710).

After being allocated the random access preamble designated for the UE,the UE transmits the random access preamble to the BS (S720).

Upon receiving the random access preamble, the BS transmits a randomaccess response to the UE in response (S730). A procedure associatedwith the random access response has been mentioned above in S620 of FIG.6.

Hereinafter, a method for contention resolution in random access will bedescribed.

The reason why contention occurs in performing random access isbasically because the number of random access preambles is finite. Thatis, since a BS cannot assign a UE-specific random access preamble to allUEs, a UE randomly selects and transmits one of common random accesspreambles. Accordingly, when two or more UEs select and transmit thesame random access preamble through the same radio resource (PRACHresource), the BS determines the random access preamble as one randomaccess preamble transmitted from one UE. As a result, it is expectedthat the BS transmits a random access response to the UE and that therandom access response is received by one UE. However, since contentionmay occur as described above, the two or more UEs receive one accessresponse, and each UE performs an operation in response to the receiptof the random access response. That is, the two or more UEs transmitdifferent data via the same radio resource using one UL Grant includedin the random access response. Accordingly, all of such datatransmission may fail or the BS may receive only data from a particularUE depending on the location or transmission power of the UEs. In thelatter case, since all of the two or more UEs assume that data thereofhave been successfully transmitted, the BS needs to report informationon the failure of contention to UEs that have failed in contention. Thatis, reporting the information on the failure or success of thecontention is referred to as contention resolution.

There are two contention resolution methods, which includes one methodusing a contention resolution timer (hereinafter, referred to as a CRtimer) and the other method of transmitting an identifier of asuccessful UE to UEs. The former method is used when a UE already has aunique cell identifier (C-RNTI) before a random access procedure. Thatis, a UE already having a cell identifier transmits data including acell identifier thereof to a BS in response to a random access responseand operates a CR timer. When PDCCH information including the cellidentifier of the UE is received before the CR timer expires, the UEdetermines that the UE is successful in contention and normallyterminates random access. However, when a PDCCH including the cellidentifier of the UE is not received before the CR timer expires, the UEdetermines that the UE has failed in contention and may perform therandom access procedure again or may notify a higher layer of thefailure. The latter contention resolution method, that is, the method oftransmitting the identifier of the successful UE, is used when a UE hasno unique cell identifier before a random access procedure. That is,when a UE does not have a cell identifier thereof, the UE transmits dataincluding a higher identifier (S-TMSI or random ID) than a cellidentifier according to UL grant information included in a random accessresponse and operates a CR timer. When the data including the higheridentifier of the UE is transmitted via a DL-SCH before the CR timerexpires, the UE determines that the random access procedure issuccessful. However, when the data including the higher identifier ofthe UE is not transmitted via the DL-SCH before the CR timer expires,the UE determines that the random access procedure has failed.

The number of system information blocks is continuously increasing, andradio resources are required to broadcast a system information block.Thus, as the number of system information blocks increases, the quantityof radio resources required to broadcast a system information block alsoinevitably increases. To transmit continuously increasing systeminformation to a UE, it is necessary to propose a method for efficientlyutilizing radio resources. Hereinafter, a method for receiving anon-demand system information (OSI) block and a device supporting thesame will be described according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, system informationmay be divided into two types of system information. One of the twotypes of system information may be normal system information (NSI) andthe other may be on-demand system information (OSI).

The NSI may be a type of system information that is always broadcast.The NSI may also be referred to as minimum system information (MSI). Forexample, the NSI may include system information included in an MIB.Alternatively, the NSI may include system information included in an MIBand SIB1.

The OSI may be a type of system information that is broadcasted onlywhen a UE requests the transmission of system information.Alternatively, the OSI may be a type of system information that istransmitted to a UE through dedicated signaling only when the UErequests the transmission of system information.

(1) Step 1: A UE may receive an OSI configuration from a network. TheOSI configuration may be broadcast through a network slice instance(NSI).

The OSI configuration may include a mapping relationship betweeninformation on a system information request (SIR) preamble and an OSIblock. The information on the SIR preamble may include at least one of apattern of the SIR preamble, an ID of the SIR preamble, an index of theSIR preamble, or a resource for the SIR preamble. In the presentspecification, the SIR preamble may be a preamble used to request OSI.

Preferably, different OSI blocks may be mapped to different SIRpreambles. For example, the OSI configuration may indicate that OSIblock 1 is mapped to SIR preamble A and OSI block 2 is mapped to SIRpreamble B. Alternatively, one SIR preamble may be mapped to a pluralityof OSI blocks. For example, the OSI configuration may indicate that SIRpreamble A is mapped to OSI block 1 and OSI block 2.

Preferably, an SIR preamble and a random access (RA) preamble may usedifferent preamble resources.

Further, the OSI configuration may include a set of resources for SIRpreamble transmission.

Further, the OSI configuration may include a power-ramping factor forSIR preamble transmission.

Further, the OSI configuration may include an initial preamble power forSIR preamble transmission. Preferably, when the power-ramping factorand/or initial preamble power for SIR preamble transmission are notprovided, the UE may use a power-ramping factor and/or initial preamblepower for transmitting an RA preamble in order to determine transmissionpower for an SIR preamble.

Further, the OSI configuration may include the maximum number of SIRpreamble transmissions. That is, the OSI configuration may include themaximum number of transmission times an SIR preamble is allowed to betransmitted.

Preferably, an SIR occasion configuration may be defined. When an SIRoccasion is configured, the UE may transmit an SIR preamble to a servingcell only during the SIR occasion.

(2) Step 2: The UE may determine OSI of interest.

The UE may consider an OSI block as part of the OSI of interest when thefollowing conditions are satisfied.

-   -   Condition 1: The UE is interested in receiving an OSI block via        broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling.    -   Condition 2: The OSI block is not being broadcast by the serving        cell.    -   Condition 3: The UE does not have a valid OSI block.

(3) Step 3: The UE may transmit an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSIof interest to the serving cell. Preferably, the UE may transmit the SIRpreamble corresponding to the OSI of interest only when the OSI ofinterest is not broadcast. The SIR preamble may be transmitted via a newphysical channel. For example, the new physical channel may be an SIRpreamble-specific physical channel. Alternatively, the SIR preamble maybe transmitted via a physical random access channel (PRACH).

The UE may select an SIR preamble based on the received OSIconfiguration. When the UE is in an RRC-idle state, the UE may notinitiate an RRC connection establishment procedure for acquiring OSI.

The UE may set preamble received target power (PRTP) according to theOSI configuration. The PRTP may be a target received power for a BS toreceive the SIR preamble. An MAC layer may instruct the physical layerto transmit the SIR preamble, a corresponding OSI-RNTI, an SIR preambleindex, and the PRTP.

When the SIR preamble is transmitted, the UE may monitor a PDCCH of theserving cell using the OSI-RNTI to check whether the system informationof interest is transmitted.

(4) Step 4: The UE may receive the OSI of interest from the servingcell.

When the UE does not receive the system information of interest withinan OSI window, the UE may retransmit the SIR preamble.

When the UE does not receive the system information of interest withinthe OSI window and the number of SIR preamble transmissions reaches themaximum number of SIR preamble transmissions, the UE may declare thefailure of obtaining the system information. In this case, the UE mayconsider that the state of the serving cell is ‘barred’. That is, the UEmay consider the serving cell as a barred cell. Alternatively, the UEmay initiate an RRC connection establishment procedure to request OSIvia dedicated signaling.

According to the procedure proposed in the present invention, a UE maytransmit an SIR preamble corresponding to OSI of interest to a servingcell on the basis of an OSI configuration, thereby selectively receivingonly the OSI of interest. Therefore, the UE may efficiently use radioresources for receiving system information.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a method for a UE to receive anOSI block according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in step S810, the UE may receive, from a network,an OSI configuration including information on mapping betweeninformation on an SIR preamble and an OSI block.

The information on the SIR preamble may be a pattern of the SIRpreamble. The information on the SIR preamble may be an ID of the SIRpreamble. The information on the SIR preamble may be an index of the SIRpreamble. The information on the SIR preamble may be a resource for theSIR preamble.

Different SIR preambles may be mapped to different OSI blocks.Alternatively, one SIR preamble may be mapped to a plurality of OSIblocks.

The OSI configuration may further include at least one of a set ofresources for transmitting the SIR preamble, a power-ramping factor fortransmitting the SIR preamble, or a maximum transmission value for theSIR preamble.

The OSI configuration may be broadcast through a network slice instance(NSI).

In step S820, the UE may determine an OSI block of interest. When the UEis interested in receiving a particular OSI block, the particular OSIblock is not broadcast by a serving cell of the UE, and the UE does nothave the particular OSI block that is valid, the particular OSI blockmay be determined as the OSI block of interest.

In step S830, the UE may select an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSIblock of interest on the basis of the OSI configuration.

In step S840, the UE may transmit the selected SIR preamble to theserving cell, thereby requesting the determined OSI block of interest.The selected SIR preamble may be transmitted to the serving cell onlyduring an SIR occasion. The selected SIR preamble may be transmitted tothe serving cell only when the OSI block of interest is not broadcast.

In step S850, the UE may receive the requested OSI block of interest.

When the OSI block of interest is not received within an OSI window, theUE may transmit the selected SIR preamble to the serving cell, therebyrequesting the OSI block of interest again.

When the OSI block of interest is not received within the OSI window andthe number of times the SIR preamble is transmitted to the serving cellreaches the maximum number of SIR preamble transmissions, the UE mayconsider that obtaining the system information has failed. In this case,the serving cell may be considered by the UE as a barred cell.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication systemaccording to the embodiment of the present invention.

A BS 900 includes a processor 901, a memory 902 and a transceiver 903.The memory 902 is connected to the processor 901, and stores variousinformation for driving the processor 901. The transceiver 903 isconnected to the processor 901, and transmits and/or receives radiosignals. The processor 901 implements proposed functions, processesand/or methods. In the above embodiment, an operation of the basestation may be implemented by the processor 901.

A UE 910 includes a processor 911, a memory 912 and a transceiver 913.The memory 912 is connected to the processor 911, and stores variousinformation for driving the processor 911. The transceiver 913 isconnected to the processor 911, and transmits and/or receives radiosignals. The processor 911 implements proposed functions, processesand/or methods. In the above embodiment, an operation of the UE may beimplemented by the processor 911.

The processor may include an application-specific integrated circuit(ASIC), a separate chipset, a logic circuit, and/or a data processingunit. The memory may include a read-only memory (ROM), a random accessmemory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, a storage medium, and/orother equivalent storage devices. The transceiver may include abase-band circuit for processing a wireless signal. When the embodimentis implemented in software, the aforementioned methods can beimplemented with a module (i.e., process, function, etc.) for performingthe aforementioned functions. The module may be stored in the memory andmay be performed by the processor. The memory may be located inside oroutside the processor, and may be coupled to the processor by usingvarious well-known means.

Various methods based on the present specification have been describedby referring to drawings and reference numerals given in the drawings onthe basis of the aforementioned examples. Although each method describesmultiple steps or blocks in a specific order for convenience ofexplanation, the invention disclosed in the claims is not limited to theorder of the steps or blocks, and each step or block can be implementedin a different order, or can be performed simultaneously with othersteps or blocks. In addition, those ordinarily skilled in the art canknow that the invention is not limited to each of the steps or blocks,and at least one different step can be added or deleted withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the invention.

The aforementioned embodiment includes various examples. It should benoted that those ordinarily skilled in the art know that all possiblecombinations of examples cannot be explained, and also know that variouscombinations can be derived from the technique of the presentspecification. Therefore, the protection scope of the invention shouldbe determined by combining various examples described in the detailedexplanation, without departing from the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE),first system information (SI) in a wireless communication system, themethod comprising: receiving configuration for requesting the first SI,from a base station (BS); selecting a preamble for requesting the firstSI based on the configuration, wherein the configuration informs the UEof an index of the preamble related to the first SI, and wherein thefirst SI is not being broadcast by the BS; based on the first SI notbeing broadcast by the BS, transmitting the preamble for requesting thefirst SI via a physical random access channel (PRACH), to the BS; andreceiving the requested first SI from the BS.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the preamble for requesting the first SI is transmitted to theBS, based on the first SI not being broadcast by the BS.
 3. The methodof claim 1, wherein the UE does not have valid version of a systeminformation block (SIB) included in the first SI.
 4. The method of claim1, wherein the first SI is on-demand system information which isbroadcast based on request from the UE.
 5. The method of claim 1,wherein the configuration for requesting the first SI is included insecond SI which is periodically broadcast.
 6. The method of claim 1,wherein the selected preamble for requesting the first SI is transmittedwithin an occasion for requesting the first SI.
 7. The method of claim1, wherein the requested first SI is received within a SI-window.
 8. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the preamble for requesting the first SI isrelated to one system information.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein thepreamble for requesting the first SI is related to multiple systeminformation.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first SI is systeminformation of interest by the UE in the BS.
 11. The method of claim 10,wherein the system information of interest is system informationrequired by the UE in the BS.
 12. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: setting a preamble received target power (PRTP) fortransmitting the selected preamble, wherein the PRTP is a targetreceived power for the BS to receive the selected preamble.
 13. Themethod of claim 12, wherein the selected preamble for requesting thefirst SI is transmitted based on the PRTP set by the UE.
 14. A userequipment (UE) configured to receive first system information (SI) in awireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transceiver; atleast one processor; and at least one computer memory operablyconnectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that,when executed by the at least one processor, perform operationscomprising: controlling the transceiver to receive configuration forrequesting the first SI, from a base station (BS); selecting a preamblefor requesting the first SI based on the configuration, wherein theconfiguration informs the UE of an index of the preamble related to thefirst SI, and wherein the first SI is not being broadcast by the BS;based on the first SI not being broadcast by the BS, controlling thetransceiver to transmit the preamble for requesting the first SI via aphysical random access channel (PRACH), to the BS; and controlling thetransceiver to receive the requested first SI from the BS.
 15. The UE ofclaim 14, wherein the preamble for requesting the first SI istransmitted to the BS, based on the first SI not being broadcast by theBS.
 16. The UE of claim 14, wherein the UE does not have valid versionof a first system information block (SIB) included in the first SI. 17.The UE of claim 14, wherein the first SI is on-demand system informationwhich is broadcast based on request from the UE.
 18. The UE of claim 14,wherein the configuration for requesting the first SI is included insecond SI which is periodically broadcast.
 19. A processor for awireless communication device, wherein the processor is configured tocontrol the wireless communication device to perform operationscomprising: receiving configuration for requesting first systeminformation (SI), from a base station (BS); selecting a preamble forrequesting the first SI based on the configuration, wherein theconfiguration informs the wireless communication device of an index ofthe preamble related to the first SI, and wherein the first SI is notbeing broadcast by the BS; based on the first SI not being broadcast bythe BS, transmitting the preamble for requesting the first SI via aphysical random access channel (PRACH), to the BS; and receiving therequested first SI from the BS.
 20. The processor of claim 19, whereinthe preamble for requesting the first SI is transmitted to the BS, basedon the first SI not being broadcast by the BS.